14 – 18 May 2018 | London,
United Kingdom
Novotel West London

Early Bird Saver Rate: £ 1.810
(excl. local VAT)
Available through March 31, 2018

Join us

With over 300 sessions dedicated to IBM Z and IBM Storage on Z, all of the latest news, updates, and new product announcements for the z14, z/OS, z/VM and Linux on Z, you would have to clone yourself a half-dozen times to get even close to exploring 100% of the content at IBM TechU in London. If you came to Munich last year and are considering missing IBM TechU in London, here are 10 reasons why you should reconsider!

New full-week set of sessions covering the latest IBM Z devops processes and products

New sessions on AI, Data Science, and also Cognitive analytics

Expanded coverage on analytics and cognitive on IBM Z: Machine Learning for z/OS, DB2 Analytics Accelerator, and their new integration

New sessions, lessons learned, and the latest product updates on IBM Z and APIs

18 sessions on MQ, direct from the Hursley lab

New z/OS for Rookies track to help train new z/OS sysprogs

Architecting the Future – IT Leadership *NEW 2-day track

Attend sessions for innovative solutions, advanced architectures, modern data platforms and infrastructure for cognitive computing with IBM Z and Storage. Sessions are developed specifically for CTO's, Chief Architects and Innovation Managers. Sessions will be presented by IBM Distinguished Engineers - from Europe and from global development organizations, supported by IBM Systems Hardware executives and IBM Fellows for research.

Important: This track can also be attended as a standalone training on 14-15 May

Organizations that depend on mainframes are experiencing a mainframe skills gap due to retiring baby-boomers. In parallel, the scale, complexity, and change in the mainframe environment continue to accelerate. Performance and capacity teams are a mission-critical function, and this performance skills gap represents a great risk to ongoing operations.

Take action today to bridge your skills gap. Send your early career IBM Z programmers and engineers to the z/OS for Rookies track. This full week of sessions will enable your newer team members to get started and go deep on IBM Z with hands on training delivered by IBM Technical Training Instructors. But that’s not all.

IBM is partnering with Interskill to offer 53 of their Z mainframe e-learning courses at no cost to attendees of the z/OS for Rookies track. The Interskill courses will be offered prior to the event, on registration, and will be available for three months after the event.

IMS Symposium
We are pleased to announce that the IMS Technical Symposium will be held again as a featured track at the IBM Z TechU. You can expect a full week of deep dive IMS education, including technical sessions, hands-on labs, and more. For details on the sessions in the IMS track, please check the IMS Agenda Preview.

Keynote speakers:

Andreas Kind
Manager Industry Platforms and Blockchain,
IBM Research

Session Title:

Next Generation Blockchain Systems for Business

Abstract:

Blockchain has the potential to bring trust into business transactions. This requires addressing strict requirements for confidentiality, privacy as well as performance. The talk will address how a next generation of blockchain systems are able to address these requirements with advanced cryptographic and trust techniques. We will define what is understood as a Blockchain for Business and highlight use cases with advanced demand for security and privacy.

Bio:

Andreas Kind leads Industry Solutions and Blockchain at IBM Research - Zurich. His team is key contributor to the Hyperledger Blockchain Project and develops advanced privacy and cloud security technologies. Andreas received a PhD in computer science from the University of Bath, UK and joined IBM in 2000 as a Research Staff Member. He spent six years in China as director of the Shanghai Lab of IBM Research - China and coordinator of the research agenda on Financial Services and Security across emerging market regions. Andreas co-led IBM's 2015 Global Technology Outlook on Payment Disruption and Blockchain. His current research focus is on innovation in Distributed Ledger Technologies, Cognitive Finance and FinTech. In his previous positions at IBM, he led Systems Management Research in the Computer Science Department of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory as well as the Systems Research Department at IBM Research - China in Beijing. Andreas is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology.

Mark Wilson
Technical Director,
RSM Partners

Session Title:

Dark Data, The Dark Web and Mainframes…What are you talking about?

Abstract:

Mark will discuss the threats to mainframe users from the dark web. Where do you think your data could end up if it was stolen, the dark web perhaps? How much is a single credit card worth on the dark web? What about your data, do you know where all your sensitive data is? How about the data that the dev or support team copied for some testing and didn’t obfuscate, shall we call that “Dark Data”… Dark Data: The multitude of copies of Production data that we have completely forgotten about! How much of our Production data is actually residing in the non-production datasets for testing? How much “Dark Data” do we have…… What about when these datasets are backed up or even archived…. Mark will explain the risks involved and also describe a solution for a data centric security world.

Bio:

Leading the world's largest mainframe infrastructure team, Mark draws on more than 35 years' experience in diverse client and business partner environments. Mark’s deep insight and solutions-driven approach is highly valued by RSM clients, IBM and third-party partners alike. Widely regarded for his mainframe security specialism, Mark also leads the RSM Security Practice.

Why attend?

The agenda will include more than 300 information-packed technical sessions delivered by top IBM developers and experts.

Ensure you don't get left behind by gaining new skills to harness the power of IBM Systems technologies. Whether you are a service provider or IT manager - you need to become agile and responsive.

Network with industry colleagues and build relationships with important decision-makers

Enroll today!

IBM Systems Technical University (TechU) empowers you to implement solutions for IBM Z and IBM Storage for Z in a cloud, cognitive and big data world.

Attendees should plan to arrive on Sunday May 13 or Monday May 14 in the morning. Registration opens at 16:00 on Sunday, and at 8:00 on Monday. The opening session on Monday starts at 9:30. All sessions will be presented in English and business casual attire is appropriate for all conference sessions.

Rate terms and conditions: Standard tuition rate for this event is £ 2.190. Discounts cannot be combined with any other programs or discounts, including IBM Business Partner discounts. Early Bird Rates end 11:59PM on the date determined per event.

You will be charged the conference fees less any applicable discount.

For further details contact the conference team.

Hotel accommodation and event policies

Please note that you are responsible for your hotel booking and that your hotel reservation is not part of your conference registration. Hotel cancellations and
substitutions must be made directly to the hotel.

The Conference Hotel for the 2018 IBM Systems Technical University, the Novotel Londen West, is nearly fully booked.
We have no other room block available due to the short time left until the event. Depending on ongoing booking changes, room availability will change daily. If you still require hotel accommodation, please contact the Novotel London West directly at H0737-SB10@accor.com together with your booking details to enquire about current availability.

Please note that we have negotiated a special rate at the hotel for conference attendees. Securing your room reservation within the IBM block includes breakfast and complimentary wireless access for the duration of your stay. Room availability in the IBM block is guaranteed until April 11, 2018.

Event cancellation & substitution policy:

To avoid charges, conference enrollees must cancel their registrations by end of day April 29, 2018. For cancellations received after April 29, 2018, registration fees will be fully charged.

Substitutions are permitted at any time; replaced attendees will not be subject to registration fee cancellation penalties.

To cancel your registration, please update your registration record by using the link received in your confirmation mail or contact us via email.

2018 University Day

University Day for Students and Faculty/Educators - May 14, 2018

IBM works with students, professors and businesses around the world to ensure that the next generation of mainframe experts will be ready to leverage the superior security, availability, scalability, and efficiency of the mainframe. The University Day at the IBM Z TechU in London is an opportunity to bring together local and regional academic communities with IBM researchers and developers. The day's agenda consists of a main hall presentation combined with lecture and panel sessions with a focus on the IBM Z Mainframe.

• For more information on the University Day in London, contact Klaus Rutsch, IBM z Systems Academic Initiative Program Mgr. Europe

• For more information on the Next Generation Z Initiative, click here

Spectrum Scale Client Meetup

BM Systems is pleased to share with you that for the very first time we will be hosting a Spectrum Scale Client Meetup at the System Z Technical University in London in May.

As System Z clients look to consolidate their data into a corporate data lake and modernize their traditional Data Warehouse to support Big Data and Analytics , IBM Spectrum Scale should be the solution of choice to help them on this journey.